Copyright © Françoise Herrmann
One of the patents related
to the CARMAT heart, WO2012127145, concerns a Prosthesis for connecting an
anatomical duct. This is a connection device intended to connect two parts of an
anatomical duct such as for example two parts of a single blood vessel, or an organ
and another prosthesis such as the CARMAT heart. This connection device is designed to speed up
connection time during surgery as it provides mechanical means, a gasket, sealing
joints and a locking mechanism, to ensure a connection, which otherwise would
have to be sutured. Thus, the mechanical
connection device comes in two perfectly cooperating parts, which facilitates
difficult access, and suturing to the two parts of a single anatomical duct, or
between an organ and an artificial heart.
Below appears the
abstract of WO2012127145 and two patent figures: to the left, the two
unconnected parts of the prosthesis and the right the two parts connected.
Abstract WO2012127145
According to
the invention, the tubular prosthesis (1) for connecting an anatomical duct (C)
comprises at least two individual tubular elements (2) and a sealed mechanical
means (4) for connecting said separate elements to each other.
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